BBC’s Live Lounge provides us with some of the best intimate studio sessions in the music world today, along with sites like Daytrotter and La Blogotheque. One of the reasons I always look forward to a band’s Live Lounge session is because they usually perform a special cover of anothers band song. One of the latest sessions featured indie-folk rockers Mumford & Sons. The London band has been getting a lot of attention on blogs, and after hearing the session, I have to say that it doesn’t come unwarranted.
One of the songs that really caught my attention was their cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins”. They take the song add some folk/country flare and give it a fresh spin. I approve, it wokrks quite well!
[mp3] : Mumford & Sons- Cousins (Vampire Weekend Cover)
Listen to the rest of their Live Lounge Session
Mumford and Sons – “Cousins” (Vampire Weekend Cover) | Pigeons and Planes — 3 Mar 10
[...] Mumford and Sons stopped by the BBC Live Lounge and pulled off this great cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins”. The original version of “Cousins” has such a distinct, hyperactive Vampire Weekend feel to it and I was sure that any attempt to recreate that would be awkward and forced – I was wrong. Mumford and Sons have really owned this song. They start it off slowly, easing into each line before giving one run at a stripped down chorus. And then with a “1, 2! 1, 2, 3, 4!” the song takes off in classic Mumford and Sons mode and doesn’t look back. Don’t miss out on this one. Thanks to Will. [...]
Mumford and Sons – “Cousins” (Vampire Weekend Cover) | Pigeons and Planes — 3 Mar 10
[...] Mumford and Sons stopped by the BBC Live Lounge and pulled off this great cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins”. The original version of “Cousins” has such a distinct, hyperactive Vampire Weekend feel to it and I was sure that any attempt to recreate that would be awkward and forced – I was wrong. Mumford and Sons have really owned this song. They start it off slowly, easing into each line before giving one run at a stripped down chorus. And then with a “1, 2! 1, 2, 3, 4!” the song takes off in classic Mumford and Sons mode and doesn’t look back. Don’t miss out on this one. Thanks to Will. [...]
Sean — 4 Mar 10
Great cover, love the live lounge. Never disappoints.
Mumford & Sons – “Cousins” (Vampire Weekend Cover) | Stereogum — 4 Mar 10
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[...] Mumford & Sons – Cousins (via) Het nummer downloaden kan overigens hier. [...]
mumford & sons covers vampire weekend « life is a playlist. — 23 Mar 10
[...] “cousins”- mumford & songs (vw cover). you can download it for free here. [...]
berth — 28 Mar 10
mumford + sons are great, but this cover is terrible.
New Mumford & Sons – Cousins (Vampire Weekend cover) « JP's Blog — 16 Apr 10
[...] British folk band Mumford & Sons have been getting a lot of attention lately and are going to be getting some more thanks to their cover of a recent Vampire Weekend single. The band decided to cover Vampire Weekend’s lead single from “Contra”, ‘Cousins’. As always from across the pond the cover came courtesy of BBC Radio 1. The cover just turns the songs in a finger-picked, folky version of the song with vocal harmonies until they pick-up the tempo and take their cover to the next level. (Thanks to We All Want Someone To Shout For) [...]
Kathleen — 22 Jul 10
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